Forget adding time, entire programs are now getting cut

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Bluethunder said:

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Professor of Sports BUSINESS suggests they should be cutting the funds from the revenue generators first before dropping total loss sports. While I get the theory, not sure I can agree with it. Hypothetically, if you cut funds in the revenue generating sports and then they fall off, the impact is going to be more severe when that reaches critical mass I'd think.
 

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I get what you are saying, but it would be a bitter pill to swallow if you were the men's tennis coach and the school cut your sport to save 250,000 a year while paying the football coach 5 million.
 
Bluethunder said:
I get what you are saying, but it would be a bitter pill to swallow if you were the men's tennis coach and the school cut your sport to save 250,000 a year while paying the football coach 5 million.
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I agree but that's just business, right? I equate the same thing to allowing the power schools to rake in cash, cheat and it be business as usual. The NCAA and member schools need to make a decision in the near future with regards to this.
 
Brown Univ, Ivy League, Endowment of $4.2B announcing the cut (actually a move from Varsity Intercollegiate to club) of 11 sports

sports.yahoo.com/ivy-leagues-brown-university-cuts-232857361.html

Club coed sailing and women's sailing will transition from club to varsity, while men's and women's fencing, men's and women's golf, women's skiing, men's and women's squash, women's equestrian, and men's track, field, and cross country will transition from varsity to club.

Only Stanford & Harvard had more than the 38 varsity teams fielded by Brown beginning in the 2019-'20 academic year, with more than 900 students participating.

Athletic Director Jack Hayes said 150 student-athletes and seven coaches would be affected by the changes, with $500,000 in funding being moved from the eliminated sports to those that were kept.
 
Fortunately it seems like ISU will head into the fall unscathed. I would still like to know what they are doing to mitigate the loss of revenue received by the NCAA. Anyone know?
 

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needles said:
Fortunately it seems like ISU will head into the fall unscathed. I would still like to know what they are doing to mitigate the loss of revenue received by the NCAA. Anyone know?
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Most schools have been doing across the board salary cuts. I'd be shocked if we haven't done that.

I posted the thing about UnderArmor and UCLA. We're an UA school and word on the street is they're not doing well financially and could go under. It's only a matter of time before hard choices have to be made at State.
 
Challenging times for sure. I'm afraid we're gonna see the gap between the haves and have nots get bigger. I'm think we're gonna have an extended recession because of this virus. Our business has done fine in the short term, but I'm starting to see a slow down in the long term. ISU sports relies on smaller companies for donations and I've heard some of those businesses may be struggling to fulfill their commitment. I would think this next year will be a real struggle.
 
This is a new one. Eliminating SIDs and athletics communications departments. This coming from a school that gets a HEEEEEFTY SEC media rights payment every year.

www.tennessean.com

Vanderbilt eliminating athletics communications department

Vanderbilt sent emails Monday to athletic communication department employees stating the department was being absorbed by the university and some key positions were eliminated.
www.tennessean.com
 

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This was posted in another thread but the Big Ten just announcing they will only play football in the conference will really hurt the MAC. They had 11 games scheduled against Big Ten teams. Bowling Green had two money games cancelled. Ouch.
 
There are 4 MVFC schools affected by the Big Ten's decision.

Illinois State @ Illinois
UNI @ Iowa
SIU @ Wisconsin
SDSU @ Nebraska
 

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Probably why the Big Ten is desperately trying to figure out how to make football work. Either during the winter with domes or in the spring.
 
Bluethunder said:
Probably why the Big Ten is desperately trying to figure out how to make football work. Either during the winter with domes or in the spring.
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I cant imagine that they ever considered not having at least some of that money coming in, even as short sided as most government entities are about planning for future revenue.
 
This is really surprising if for no other reason than Minnesota just 2 years ago opened up a brand new 13 million dollar outdoor track and field stadium. I am sure there will be an effort to get this overturned, we'll see?

If Minnesota can cancel men's track and field along with the other sports mentioned, then I'm sure we'll see other BCS schools eliminating programs throughout the Fall and Winter.

Jason Svoboda said:
Minnesota cutting men’s indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, gymnastics and tennis.

sportsnaut.com

University of Minnesota eliminates four men's sports, facing massive revenue hit

The University of Minnesota is prepared to eliminate four sports programs as it faces a seismic revenue hit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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